| South Africa |
| 3 |
| Britain |
| 12 |
| 8 June 1974 | ||||||
| Newlands, Cape Town | ||||||
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| Captain: Hannes Marais | Referee: Max Baise (South Africa) | |||||
| Coach: Johan Claassen | Attendance: 45000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Sakkie Sauermann | Tvl | 29 | 4 | |
| Hooker | Piston van Wyk | N-Tvl | 30 | 10 | |
| Tight-head Prop (C) | Hannes Marais | EP | 32 | 29 | |
| Lock | Kevin de Klerk | Tvl | 24 | 0 | |
| Lock | John Williams | N-Tvl | 27 | 6 | |
| Flank | Boland Coetzee | WP | 29 | 0 | |
| Flank | Jan Ellis | SWA | 32 | 31 | |
| Eighthman | Morné du Plessis | WP | 24 | 3 | |
| Scrumhalf | Roy McCallum | WP | 28 | 0 | |
| Flyhalf | Dawie Snyman | WP | 24 | 1 | 1 dropgoal |
| Left Wing | Gert Muller | Tvl | 26 | 11 | |
| Inside Centre | Peter Whipp | WP | 23 | 0 | |
| Outside Centre | Johan Oosthuizen | WP | 22 | 0 | |
| Right Wing | Chris Pope | WP | 21 | 0 | |
| Full Back | Ian McCallum | Natal | 29 | 9 |
| Britain: 3 penalties, 1 dropgoal |
 Team for the first test Back: Gerald Bosch, Roy McCallum, Dugald MacDonald, Jan-Boland Coetzee, Johan Oosthuizen, Peter Whipp, Gerrie Germishuys Middle: Dawie Snyman, Paul Bayvel, André Bestbier, Sakkie Sauermann, Kevin de Klerk, Morné du Plessis, Chris Pope, Rampie Stander Front: Piston van Wyk, Gert Muller, Ian McCallum, Johan Claassen (coach), Hannes Marais (captain), Frances Mellish (Western Province liaison), Ian Kirkpatrick (manager), Jan Ellis, John Williams |